Khory_D posted at 11:32PM Sun, 08 November 2015 - #4237565

Tony_Stark posted at 10:43PM Sun, 08 November 2015 - #4237554

I think DAZ's biggest mistake was when they abandoned the individual installers and went to DIM. They totally bungled the whole thing. DIM never totally caught up with DAZ's change in folder structure. DIM still has zip files that put everything under the Content folder. Then DIM moves most stuff out of the Content folder as it's being installed. Just unzip a few of their install files and you'll see! DAZ failed to adopt any standard naming and placement guidelines. DAZ says you don't need to find something easily. Just use Smart Content or Search! Smart Content is dumb. It doesn't show everything I have.

I don't want my content Categorized. I don't want to fool with metadata. I just want to Make Art!

I have seriously loved DIM. I really don't want to fart around installing stuff if I don't have to and I actually really like where DIM installs my Studio stuff. I will never understand people who put more time into organizing content than using content. Nor will I ever understand the concept of a dozen or more "runtimes" (which of course is not even correct phrasing for studio organization) with everything spread hither and yon. I don't want to run from place to place to load things I want it all right there where I can get it as fast as possible. DIM installs it and there it is for me. Actually I feel the same way about connect which I am using. It installs it and I can work. I like things simple and fast.

Agreed. Anyone that doesn't like DIM simply doesn't buy enough content to see the where it comes to play. Right now I have 5 iray shader products queued up to download and install about 5 gigs worth of data in addition to the 15 other products (and product updates I get notified through DIM) I will drop in that I bought this week. It was an absolute nightmare to download those and go through the multiple clicks to install content (including agreeing to the EULA every single time), much less know which products got updated. Now I can simply set what I want to download in a batch, start it up and go to be and everything will be installed when I get up. Most people do just want to make their art, not get into the intricacies of downloading and setting up content; they just want it to work as soon as they buy it with as little hassle as possible. Even the idea around genesis is set up around the ease of use (no more injections for instance).